Briefs

'Wizard of the Crow' nominated for national fiction award

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, distinguished professor of English and comparative literature, has been nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in fiction…

Cognitive scientist finds surprising number of brain's neurons help eyes

A person searching for a ripe tomato at the grocery store is more likely to notice apples, strawberries and other…

Wasserstrom explains 'China's Brave New World'

<![CDATA[In his new essay collection, China’s Brave New World – And Other Tales for Global Times (Indiana University Press), history…]]>

Castellanos honored for mentoring others

Jeanett Castellanos, a lecturer in UC Irvine’s Social Sciences and Chicano/Latino Studies and director of the Social Sciences Academic Resource…

Medical students expand efforts to Chiapas

Sixteen UC Irvine medical students, including those involved in the innovative PRIME-LC, will be spending some of their summer vacation…

Study tackles problem of rape in California prisons

A study by researchers at the Center for Evidence-based Corrections found that 4 percent of the 322 surveyed inmates report…

Anonymous donor gives $5 million to UC Irvine's Department of Pediatrics

Two happy, healthy 4-year-old twins — Grant and Alexa Agamalian — convinced an anonymous Los Angeles donor to give $5…

Beall family gives $6.6 million to UC Irvine's Merage business school

UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business has received an endowment gift of $6.6 million from The Beall Family Foundation.…

Study sheds light on future of Amazon River

Amy Townsend-Small in UC Irvine’s Earth system science department took a research trip to the Andes Mountains in which she…

Overman to receive Nagoya Medal

Organic chemist Larry Overman will receive this year’s prestigious Nagoya Medal. Overman, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, was chosen for his…